anything but
idiom
: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.
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Set five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie have been spending most of their time in Jackson, finally finding a sense of normalcy in a world that is anything but.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
At the halfway point of Lady Gaga’s newest album, Mayhem, is a song that sounds like anything but the record’s title.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Loading your audio article The Warriors might be the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference—the last spot in the real playoffs—but their position there is anything but guaranteed.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
While Chiuri has been criticized by some for playing it safe with commercial collections that helped to turbocharge Dior’s growth, Prigent gradually understood her messaging is anything but conservative.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
At the halfway point of Lady Gaga’s newest album, Mayhem, is a song that sounds like anything but the record’s title.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Loading your audio article The Warriors might be the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference—the last spot in the real playoffs—but their position there is anything but guaranteed.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
While Chiuri has been criticized by some for playing it safe with commercial collections that helped to turbocharge Dior’s growth, Prigent gradually understood her messaging is anything but conservative.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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